I took a look at the latest activity on the Sun today and came up with this sketch. I made a 4" template on Strathmore paper and used solar projection to locate and trace the position of the sunspot groups on the solar disk.

Then I put a Baader Astrosolar film filter on the objective, increased the magnification, and drew in the details I could see. The Sun was pretty low and the seeing was just fair, but the spots were big enough to allow me to see at least some detail, even though I usually try to use more magnification than 60x.

I used 2B, HB, and 6B graphite pencils, my finger, and a blending stump. The sketched was flipped after scanning.

The Sun has been so quiet that I haven't done one of these in a long time. Hope you like it.

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It looks very nice. I have not pointed a telescope at the sun in a long while but I do enjoy looking at the solar sketches by you and other solar sketchers here and visit the SOHO and Space Weather sites each day.

Michael, yes, thanks for posting your observation. I am not a solar observer, but do take an interest in other's work. I wish I were knowledgeable enough to engage you in discussion on your observation. I am not, so I just look and appreciate it.